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Smoking and Obesity in a Social Context
Background: Smoking and obesity are the leading causes of preventable death in the United States and known cancer risk factors, yet the patterning of these conditions within low-income and immigrant populations is not well understood. The distribution of social-environmental stressors is also poorly understood in these populations. Furthermore, the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and stress is understudied. Therefore, this dissertation explores the association between SES, psychosocial stress and social-environmental stressors, self-reported smoking and measured...
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